The lads got a kick out of riding Dubuque’s famous Fourth Street Elevator (a funicular). Here’s our quick little journey:
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Author: The Nack Daddy
During our Galena trip my mom had the great idea of taking the lads to E.B. Lyons interpretive center in Dubuque’s Mines of Spain wilderness area. They enjoyed checking out all manner of critters, both living (snapping turtles, snakes) and stuffed (badgers, owls, flying squirrels, and more). Here’s our little gallery.
The boys have always been fascinated by anything related to Uncle Ted & his big vehicles. He’s given them some great tours, from checking out his ambulance one year to riding in his 18-wheeler the next. This time around we paid a visit to the Tri-State Tours “bus barn” as the dudes call it. By the end Henry was literally jumping for joy, as you’ll see. Check out the gallery!
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Farm Boys
The boys & I had a ball (and about a million kernels of corn) visiting our friend Tom Moser’s farm outside Galena. We were joined by Alicia, Alejandro, and Elena, plus Uncle Ted & Jenna. Stay tuned for a gallery & more videos soon. Meanwhile, enjoy Finn the Corn Angel!
G-Man: Down on the farm, up on a tractor, on top of the world.
Who’s got two thumbs, one spoon, and loves eating honey directly from the farm? This guuuuy. 🙂
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Leaping Gizzards
Hen launches 25 feet into the air in Tahoe!
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Who says Hens can’t fly?!
Greetings from Lake Tahoe! Margot & the lads have been enjoying the heck out of this place for the last few days, and I flew up last night from LA to join them. Our dreams of riding the mountain gondola fell victim to possible thunderstorms (which never materialized), but as a pretty great consolation prize, we got Henry set up with a bungee trampoline outing. Check out the results! I’ll try to upload videos of the adventure once I get onto a faster connection. [Update: Here it is.]
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Microdervishes
Spin for the win! Backyard silliness featuring a very dizzy pair of Micronaxx:
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Jump Around!
Get up, get up, and get down. 🙂
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American Idyll
Found strumming his guitar one summer evening in SJ… 🙂
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Sunday Cruzin’
The dudes have been clamoring to try out the new “shade tent” that Mom-O has added to our Beach Readiness Kit, so on Sunday we headed out to Santa Cruz. After chillaxing on the beach…
…we took an aerial tour on the Sky Glider:
From there we headed off to brave the swinging Pirate Ship. Fortunately, unlike a teenage Uncle Ted, the boys didn’t follow the experience by decorating the world with their lunches. :-p
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Carbin’ Miranda
The bread had gone to his head. 🙂
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May we take your order?
Greetings from Guys’ Night at In & Out Burger. 🙂
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Sleepmaster General
One Finnster, plus “Walter the Blanket,” minus all energy, equals a happy chap. 🙂
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Making a splash on July 4
We enjoyed an action-packed Forth with the lads yesterday—first enjoying a party & parade at our friends’ Lorraine & Brad’s house; then catching a nap (well, trying) to prepare for a late night; rocking a Slip n’ Slide at our friends’ Jake & Shay’s BBQ. Check out a gallery from the festivities!
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Tsunday Tsunami!
Evacuate!!
The boys had fun testing their mettle—and their absorbency—on Sunday at Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz. Check out a little gallery from the adventure.
I keep meaning to record & post the bizarre little song the boys composed to celebrate our “Guys’ Night” outings. Its singsong lyrics in full:
Midnight!
Bug bite!
Tryin’ a bite of my poo-poo sandwich!!
Apparently Guys’ Night is all about transgression & chow, so it kinda works. 🙂 Anyway, last night I took the dudes out for some Five Guys burgers (faaaar more delicious than the sandwich in the song), and Henry celebrated by walking on the giant piles of potatoes:
Afterwards the guys happened across the trunkful of birthday presents I’d recently scored (shovels “Seymour Jr.” for Henry & fold-up “Root Chop” for Finn). They were pretty pumped—Hen especially!
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The Wet Set
Oh, just a typical summer Friday afternoon at Pasitos… 🙂 The guys have great fun getting drenched with their pals, including (pictured here) Clark & Jacobo.
